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A top UN official for Europe, Central Asia and Americas said, “Amidst global challenges and crises, the international community must sustain its focus on Ukraine and end the suffering caused by this war.” UNIFEED

A top UN humanitarian official said, “while much of the international attention is rightly concentrated on the grave events in the Middle East, it is important that we do not lose focus on other crises, particularly the war in Ukraine, which continues to inflict unimaginable levels of suffering.” UNIFEED

The UN General Assembly elected 15 new countries to serve on the Human Rights Council. UNIFEED

Briefing the Security Council on the situation in Ukraine, the Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, said, “Residents of Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipro, Lviv, Sumy, Donetsk, Odesa, Kyiv, and other regions continued to face unrelenting and often indiscriminate attacks.” UNIFEED

Jakov Milatović, President of Montenegro, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Addressing the participants of a high-level event to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the UN LGBTI Core Group, Hanke Bruins Slot, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said, “in far too many places around the world we are seeing a targeted hate campaign against LGBTIQ people simply for being who they are and loving who they love.” UNIFEED

Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, Rosemary DiCarlo, told the Security Council that “some estimates put the total number of killed, civilians and military personnel of both sides, at half a million.” UNIFEED

Over fifty countries called on all Member States to join in raising awareness of the links between human rights situations in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and international peace and security, and to “hold the DPRK government accountable for its actions and fully implement Security Council resolutions.” UNIFEED

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

A group of 46 countries said it was “deeply concerned over Russia’s announcement that it has detained a Wall Street Journal reporter” and protested “Russian efforts to limit and intimidate the media.” UNIFEED